AI will always love you
On Thursday, February 26th, I had the pleasure of being invited to present at the KNAW "AI will always love you" session, which is part of their series "Algorithm of our society".
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Attended the VU-UT Alliance day
On November 4, the VU-UT Alliance day took place. There, we presented a poster about our Responsible Chatbot Teams for Human Digital Interactions project (funded by a 2025 VU-UT Seed Grant).
Robot Interaction Hackathon
On October 2, we held a Hackathon as part of the Robot Interaction course for second-year AI bachelor students at VU Amsterdam.
Presenting at MediaPsych 2025
Last week, I attended the 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division in Duisburg, Germany.
Workshop at RO-MAN 2025
In the week of August 25th, I attended the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
New project starting: Responsible Chatbot Teams
Our Responsible Chatbot Teams for Humane Digital Interactions project has officially started!
Presenting at HealthByTech 2024
On Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st of May, I attended this year's Supporting Health by Technology conference in Groningen.
Interview: “The rise of the virtual doctor”
If a family member has an inherited heart condition, there is a chance that you have it too. Usually, you will then receive a letter with information and an invitation for an interview about possible DNA testing. Researchers at the University of Twente are now testing whether they can approach people via a virtual doctor.
Symposium: Digitalising Genetic Counselling
Last week, I co-organised the first symposium on digitalising genetic counselling from the initiative of our eCG Family Clinic project. Hosted at Paushuize in Utrecht, the day featured an interesting programme with international speakers who are experts on health technology in the genetics context. Prof. Dr. Peter van Tintelen from the UMC Utrecht officially opened
Invited talk: AI & Health Conference
On Friday June 2nd, I was invited to present at the AI & Health Conference 2023. This full-day event was organised by the VU Campus Center in collaboration with Amsterdam Medical Data Science.
Interview: “Council of Coaches: Digital care by virtual agents”
"Virtual coaches that support older adults in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. That is the main idea behind ‘Council of Coaches’, a Horizon2020 project led by the University of Twente. ‘It’s part of the trend to shift healthcare to daily life of patients.’ "
Invited talk: The TechMed Event
On Wednesday, November 2nd, I gave an invited talk as part of the first plenary session of the TechMed Event. In this session about ‘the staffing crisis in healthcare’, I presented the work performed during our Council of Coaches project and on the two resulting open source platforms: the WOOL Dialogue Platform and Agents United.
